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Neuroscience

Purple neuron synapses.

We research national and global health priorities, from basic neuroscience to age-related neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s disease.

About

We aim to understand how the brain works in health and disease, from the molecular to the systems levels. This research is an important part of the strategic commitment to neurosciences, and is part of university-wide interdisciplinary initiatives.  

Research themes that we are investigating include: 

  • neurodegeneration 
  • neuroinflammation 
  • synaptic function 
  • multiple sclerosis 
  • addiction 

Our researchers have a special focus on understanding Alzheimer’s disease and coordinating with the South Coast Alzheimer’s Research UK (ARUK) Network. The network enables collaboration with regional experts in dementia research. 

Research highlights

People, projects, publications and PhDs

People

Professor Amritpal Mudher

Professor of Neuroscience

Accepting applications from PhD students

Email: a.mudher@soton.ac.uk

Address: B85, East Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ (View in Google Maps)

Dr Anna Crisford

Research Fellow in Biomedical Microscopy

Email: a.crisford@soton.ac.uk

Address: B85, East Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ (View in Google Maps)

Dr Daniel Kaganovich

Associate Professor of Neurobiology

Professor Diego Gomez-Nicola PhD

Professor

Research interests

  • Neuroimmunology
  • Neurodegeneration
  • Neurodevelopment

Accepting applications from PhD students

Email: d.gomez-nicola@soton.ac.uk

Address: Southampton General Hospital, Tremona Road Shirley, SO16 6YD (View in Google Maps)

Dr Emily Brookes

Lecturer in Biomedical Sciences

Research interests

  • Enhancer regulation of gene expression
  • Cortical development
  • Topological genome organisation

Accepting applications from PhD students

Email: e.brookes@soton.ac.uk

Address: B85, East Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ (View in Google Maps)

Dr Herman Wijnen Drs, PhD, FHEA

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • Control of Daily Rhythms by Circadian Clocks and the Environment
  • Genetics, Behaviour and Neuroscience of the fruit fly Drosophila
  • Chronophysiology of Invertebrates in Association with Global Environmental Change and Food Security

Accepting applications from PhD students

Email: h.wijnen@soton.ac.uk

Address: B85, East Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ (View in Google Maps)

Professor Jessica Teeling

Prof of Experimental Neuroimmunology

Research interests

  • Neuroimmunology
  • Systemic inflammation
  • Oral microbiome

Accepting applications from PhD students

Email: j.teeling@soton.ac.uk

Address: Southampton General Hospital, Tremona Road Shirley, SO16 6YD (View in Google Maps)

Professor Katrin Deinhardt

Professor

Research interests

  • Our research is focused on cellular and molecular neurobiology. Fascinated by the beautiful but complicated shape of individual neurons, we study the complex intracellular logistics required to form, maintain and remodel these cells throughout life.Neurons extend processes that cover vast territories, which allow them to directly connect with cells distant from the soma. Our research interest is to understand how neurons integrate the different extracellular cues that they receive at distinct parts of the cell in time and space to maintain and adapt their structure and connectivity. To this end, we investigate the interplay of short- and long-range trafficking and signalling, and how these events ultimately converge to initiate changes in neuronal morphology and physiology in health and neurodegeneration.
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Accepting applications from PhD students

Email: k.deinhardt@soton.ac.uk

Address: B85, East Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ (View in Google Maps)

Dr Ksenia Crane PhD

Research Fellow

Research interests

  • Research interests:
  • Research on Research
  • Methodology

Email: k.crane@soton.ac.uk

Address: University Of Southampton Science Park, Enterprise Road, Chilworth, SO16 7NS (View in Google Maps)

Dr Mariana Vargas-Caballero

Associate Professor

Accepting applications from PhD students

Email: m.vargas-caballero@soton.ac.uk

Address: B85, East Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ (View in Google Maps)

Understanding how our brain works and reacts to disease is the most exciting and challenging task of biomedical science.
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